We had a Coca-Cola bottling plant in my small town back when the town names were embossed on the bottom. Coke is dead to me now, along with... NASCAR NFL MLB NCAA Talk Radio (Rush died) ...and a bunch of other stuff.
A ladypede named Jeff might do it. :)
You make a good point as well. I telegraphed it, I'm sure. And I think it's time.
I was a Boy Scout in the late 60's early 70's. We shot all sorts of stuff routinely. We had shotguns in our cars/trucks at high school because we went deer hunting before and after school depending on the almanac. We carried pocket knives, and never once used them as a weapon.
It's because your name is Jeff.
I was flagged long ago when my son told them he got a 91-30 for his 16th birthday.
He wasn't asking me about my guns, he just made an assumption based on the lens prescription I requested. He volunteered information about his guns. This is south Georgia, and we do things a little different here.
Edit: I'm 60+, I've been a CCW holder for 40 years. They know I have guns. I pick country doctors that actually have my interests in mind.
I need to frame that on my office wall. Thank you.
I'm sad to say, in many ways I'm that guy you referenced. I have 14k of primers, but that is divided between the four major types so really isn't that much. Just because I have components doesn't mean I'm loading and shooting anything. It seems more valuable than gold to me right now.
Sure is. I've been a ammo handloader for over 40 years, and I've never seen a primer shortage like this.
I think it's more along the lines of we're starting to identify each other as Trump supporters, and professional divisions between white collar and blue collar don't matter much any more. As a national group of outcasts, we're learning that we'd better talk to each other.
Edit, follow up thought: For the last five years or so, many of us have been eggshell Trump supporters, quietly trying to get through our daily lives without pissing someone off for no reason or stepping on a SJW landmine. I'm now sensing that is ending. My eye doctor actually pulled his mask down to talk to me about guns so i could see his face. It was a human moment.
No, that's my eye doctor. Is there something I should know?
Also, we ended racism in the South 40 years ago. This fucked generation we spawned resurrected it and gave it a crack pipe.
No doubt, thanks. I was more trying to show how you have to lean into these little demons to keep them from walking off target.
Here's my first gun and I still have it 50+ years later.
I started on a .410 shotgun around second or third grade, it was necessary to help protect our poultry farm on the edge of a swamp. I graduated to a 12 gauge around the age of 13, and never owned a rifle of any kind until I was older. I owned my first .357 revolver before ever owning a .22 rimfire rifle. It was a cultural thing from the time and place where I grew up.
I quit shopping there shortly after they came into existence, I couldn't stand the place. I have a highly educated Delaware Yankee brother in law that won't shop anywhere else, then brings the stuff to me to make it work because the store staff is clueless. I don't get it.
This, exactly.
I reckon so.
I got into a screaming match with my wife of 38 years last night because she asked me to drive her to get her second shot. Why did she ask me to drive her? Because she was afraid of anaphylactic shock following the second injection. Why the fuck would you voluntarily take something that scares you that bad?
RC is good stuff as far as colas go.